Nyy, Re

[2025] QCA 64

Queensland Court of Appeal

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

See how it works

Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › State and territory courts
3. › Jurisdiction, powers and generally
4. › Vexatious litigants, proceedings and related matters
5. › Application for leave to file originating process
6. › Whether claims vexatious and lacking proper legal basis
7. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld), r 15
1. Appeal
2. › General principles
3. › Interference with discretion of court below
4. › Interlocutory order on matter of practice and procedure
5. › Whether error of principle caused substantial injustice
1. Family Law
2. › Parens patriae jurisdiction
3. › State Supreme Court
4. › Whether arguable factual basis for exercise of jurisdiction
5. › Whether children at risk of harm
1. Administrative Law
2. › Judicial review
3. › Supervisory jurisdiction of Supreme Court
4. › Decisions of Magistrates Court and District Court
5. › Whether jurisdictional error identified
6. › Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 (Qld), s 169(2)

Quick Take

An application for leave to file under rule 15 UCPR that seeks to invoke parens patriae jurisdiction must identify an arguable factual basis for the exercise of that jurisdiction, and an application seeking judicial review must identify jurisdictional error rather than seek a merits review.